[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Independence 1-29-1979 (Ch. 116 of the 1984 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Claims, Approval of
- Ch 14 Court, Municipal
- Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 25 Environmental Commission
- Ch 30 Fire Department
- Ch 46 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 51 Officers and Employees
- Ch 59 Personnel Policies
- Ch 63 Police Department
- Ch 72 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 76 Recreation Committee
- Ch 80 Residency Requirements
- Ch 85 Road Names
- Ch 89 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 112 Affordable Housing
- Ch 117 Alarm Systems
- Ch 121 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 126 Animals
- Ch 130 Architectural Review
- Ch 142 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 149 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 155 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 160 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 175 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 186 Driveways
- Ch 191 Drug-Free Areas
- Ch 203 Farming
- Ch 206 Fees
- Ch 215 Fire Prevention
- Ch 222 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 228 Games of Chance on Sunday
- Ch 250 Junkyards
- Ch 255 Land Development
- Ch 255 Art I General Provisions
- § 255-1 Title.
- § 255-2 Purpose.
- § 255-3 Definitions.
- § 255-3.1 Prohibited activities.
- § 255-4 Rules and regulations of administrative bodies.
- § 255-5 Meetings; quorums.
- § 255-6 Meetings to be public; executive session; minutes.
- § 255-7 Hearings.
- § 255-8 Contents of notice of hearing on application for development or adoption of Master Plan.
- § 255-9 Notice of hearing on applications.
- § 255-10 Notice of hearing on adoption or revision of Master Plan.
- § 255-11 Effect of mailing of notice.
- § 255-12 Notice of hearings for development regulation change involving property adjoining other municipality or capital improvement program.
- § 255-13 Filing of development regulations.
- § 255-14 Appeals.
- § 255-15 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- § 255-16 Conditional approval.
- § 255-17 Fees and deposits.
- § 255-18 Waiver of fees and deposits.
- § 255-19 Proof that no taxes or assessments are due.
- § 255-20 Zoning Enforcement Officer and Assistant Zoning Enforcement Officer.
- § 255-21 Guaranties.
- § 255-22 Permits.
- § 255-23 Inspections.
- § 255-24 Checklists.
- Ch 255 Art II Land Use Board
- § 255-25 Change in title.
- § 255-26 Membership.
- § 255-27 Terms of office; vacancy; restricted actions; removal; hearings extending more than one meeting.
- § 255-28 Organization.
- § 255-29 Powers generally.
- § 255-30 (Reserved)
- § 255-31 Referral powers.
- Ch 255 Art III Master Plan
- § 255-32 Preparation; contents; division into subplans and subelements.
- § 255-33 Periodic examination.
- Ch 255 Art IV Capital Improvements Program and Project Review
- § 255-34 Preparation of capital improvements program.
- § 255-35 Adoption of capital improvements program.
- § 255-36 Review of projects.
- Ch 255 Art V Affordable Housing Development Fees
- § 255-37 Purpose; establishment and collection of fees.
- § 255-38 Housing Trust Fund.
- § 255-39 Use of funds.
- § 255-40 Expiration of provisions.
- § 255-41 Definitions.
- Ch 255 Art VI Environmental Impact Statements
- § 255-42 Intent.
- § 255-43 Definitions.
- § 255-44 Requirements; waiver of requirements.
- § 255-45 Preparation.
- § 255-46 Required data.
- Ch 255 Art VII Subdivision
- § 255-47 Title; purpose; approving agency.
- § 255-48 Grant of power; county approval.
- § 255-49 Submission procedure; plat details.
- Ch 255 Art VIII Site Plan Review and Conditional Uses
- § 255-50 Title.
- § 255-51 Purpose.
- § 255-52 Approving agency.
- § 255-53 General provisions.
- § 255-54 Approval procedure.
- Ch 255 Art IX General Regulations
- § 255-55 Reservation of public areas.
- § 255-56 Off-tract improvements.
- § 255-57 Findings regarding planned improvements.
- § 255-58 Open space organization.
- § 255-59 Exceptions in applications for subdivision or site plan; simultaneous review.
- § 255-60 Improvements and guaranties.
- § 255-61 Inspection of improvements.
- § 255-62 Permits.
- § 255-63 Filing of subdivision plats.
- § 255-64 Sale of land before approval.
- § 255-65 Certificate of approval; fees.
- § 255-66 Informal review.
- § 255-67 Morris Canal Historic Preservation District.
- Ch 255 Art X Design Standards
- § 255-68 Street improvements for subdivisions.
- § 255-69 Site plan review.
- § 255-70 Garden apartment development.
- § 255-71 Senior citizen — handicapped persons housing.
- § 255-72 Design standards for ridgeline protection areas.
- Ch 255 Art XI (Reserved)
- § 255-73 (Reserved)
- § 255-74 (Reserved)
- § 255-75 (Reserved)
- § 255-76 (Reserved)
- § 255-77 (Reserved)
- § 255-78 (Reserved)
- § 255-79 (Reserved)
- § 255-80 (Reserved)
- Ch 255 Art XII Zoning
- § 255-81 Enumeration of zones.
- § 255-82 Zoning Map; boundaries.
- § 255-83 Conformance required.
- § 255-84 Schedule of Limitations.
- § 255-85 Nonconforming uses, structures and lots.
- § 255-86 Preservation of natural features.
- § 255-87 Critical areas.
- § 255-88 Buffer strips, screening and landscaping.
- § 255-89 Lot uses, restrictions and modifications.
- § 255-90 Height restrictions and exceptions.
- § 255-91 Miscellaneous regulations applicable to all zones.
- § 255-92 Off-street parking.
- § 255-93 Off-street loading.
- § 255-94 Sign permits required.
- § 255-95 General sign regulations.
- § 255-96 Signs permitted in all zones.
- § 255-97 Restrictions in specific districts.
- § 255-98 Regulations in Agricultural-Residential Zone.
- § 255-99 Regulations in R-2 Residential Zone.
- § 255-100 Regulations in R-3 Residential Zone.
- § 255-101 Regulations in R-4 Residential Zone.
- § 255-102 Regulations in R-1 and R-1/2 Residential Zones.
- § 255-103 Regulations in RM Residential Multiple-Dwelling Zone.
- § 255-104 Regulations in B Business Zone.
- § 255-105 Regulations in COM/PROF Commercial/Professional Zone.
- § 255-106 Regulations in I Industrial and IL Industrial Light Zones.
- § 255-107 Regulations in O/IL Office/Light Industrial Zone.
- § 255-108 Regulations in B/IL/WT Business/Light Industrial — Warehousing Terminal Zone.
- § 255-109 Regulations in OR Office Research Zone.
- § 255-110 Regulations in PRD — SC Planned Residential Development — Senior Citizen Zone.
- § 255-111 Regulations in PRD-4 Planned Residential Development (Four Units Per Acre) Zone.
- § 255-112 Regulations in PRD-IH Planned Residential Development — Inclusionary Housing Zone.
- § 255-113 Regulations in PSCRD Planned Senior Citizen Residential Development Zone.
- § 255-114 Cluster development.
- § 255-115 Planned residential development standards.
- § 255-116 Conditional uses.
- § 255-117 Performance standards.
- § 255-118 Administration and enforcement.
- § 255-119 Testing procedures and technical assistance.
- § 255-120 Split zone districts.
- § 255-121 Ridgeline protection.
- Ch 255 Art XIII Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- § 255-122 Purpose.
- § 255-123 Plan approval required.
- § 255-124 General design principles; maintenance.
- § 255-125 Exemptions.
- § 255-126 Inspection.
- § 255-127 When effective; repealer.
- Ch 255 Art XIV Construal; Notices of Adoption
- § 255-128 Construal of provisions.
- § 255-129 Notice of adoption or amendment; more restrictive provisions to apply.
- Ch 261 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 266 Littering
- Ch 273 Municipal Services, Reimbursement for
- Ch 284 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 289 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 293 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 300 Property Maintenance
- Ch 307 Recycling
- Ch 315 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual Subsurface
- Ch 320 Sewers
- Ch 329 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 333 Soil Removal
- Ch 337 Stormwater Control
- Ch 339 Stormwater Management
- Ch 341 Stream Buffers
- Ch 342 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 354 Taxicabs
- Ch 361 Trailers
- Ch 365 Trees
- Ch 375 Wood Furnaces, Outdoor
- Ch 380 Vacant and Abandoned Structures
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 390 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 401 Heating of Residences
- Ch 407 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 415 Swine
- Ch 420 Water Supply System Connections
- Ch 426 Wells
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
